ALICE COOPER's entire new album,
"Along Came A Spider", is available for streaming on his
MySpace page.
Co-produced by
Danny Saber,
Greg Hampton and
Alice himself,
"Along Came A Spider" manages to marry both vintage and modern-day
Alice. As theatrical as ever, the album is a sonic combination of familiar
Alice musical elements from albums as diverse as
"Billion Dollar Babies" and
"Brutal Planet", with the storytelling of
"Welcome To My Nightmare", capturing the historic dark side of
Alice in peak form, an instantly recognizable presence that will be welcomed by his fans. Joining
Alice on the album are members of his touring band — longtime
Alice drummer
Eric Singer, bassist
Chuck Garric, and guitarists
Keri Kelli and
Jason Hook, with additional contributions from others, including
Saber,
Hampton, and renowned backing vocalist
Bernard Fowler.
Slash also lends some guitar style to
"Vengeance Is Mine".
Saber and
Hampton co-wrote several of the album's songs with
Alice, while others were collaborations with
Alice's band members.
Danny Saber, best known for his role as member and producer of
BLACK GRAPE, has also worked with many other artists, including
THE ROLLING STONES,
OZZY OSBOURNE, and
DAVID BOWIE, while
Greg Hampton's been working on a new album project teaming up
Buckethead and
Bootsy Collins.
Who else but
Alice Cooper, with
"Along Came A Spider", would create a "love story" about a serial killer named
Spider? His trademark is wrapping his victims in silk, and his victims are specifically chosen to feed his hunger to kill. But, upon meeting his (possibly) last victim, he falls in love with her and cannot kill to complete his plan. That could be his demise.
Though it is often said about artists with as rich a history as Alice that their newest albums capture the essence of their greatest work, it may honestly be proposed that
"Along Came A Spider" does exactly that. It's got hard rock with hooks, an
Alice trademark (
"Vengeance is Mine",
"I Know Where You Live"), classic balladry, another
Alice trademark (
"Killed by Love",
"Salvation"), and always with an overtone of evil, yet another
Alice tradmark. Throughout the album,
Alice BECOMES
Spider, telling the story of a cold-blooded killer to life vocally, as if this were the soundtrack to an as-yet unmade horror film.
"Along Came A Spider" track listing:
01.
Prologue/I Know Where You Live02.
Vengeance Is Mine03.
Wake The Dead04.
Catch Me If You Can05.
(In Touch With) Your Feminine Side06.
Wrapped In Silk07.
Killed By Love08.
I'm Hungry09.
The One That Got Away10.
Salvation11.
I Am The Spider/Epilogue"Along Came A Spider" is scheduled for release on July 29 via
SPV Records.
